Defense

Meet the Military-Funded Artificial Intelligence that Learns as Fast as a Human

Today, it recognizes handwriting; tomorrow, it may vastly improve the military’s surveillance and targeting efforts.

Defense

Shipyard Senators Want Pentagon Travel Cuts Repealed

Bipartisan effort urges appropriators to reverse year-old cuts to long-term travel per diems for service members and Defense civilians.

Defense

Former State Department Employee Admits to Cyberstalking, 'Sextortion'

Former London embassy staffer pleads guilty to phishing scheme targeting hundreds.

Defense

U.S. General: Russia Could Block Access to Baltic Sea

Moscow’s recent war games in its Kaliningrad exclave have included mock nuclear strikes, the top U.S. Army general in Europe said.

Defense

FBI Director: It’s Impossible to Ban All Encryption

The government can at least make it harder to hide from surveillance, James Comey says.

Defense

Carter Will Consider Sending Advisers, Helicopters to Ramadi to Fight ISIS

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday the administration is prepared to send advisers and helicopters to aid Iraqi forces—if Iraq wants them.

Defense

Multiple Agencies Join Effort to Track ISIS-Damaged Antiquities

State Department initiative leads to Washington conference planned for Friday.

Defense

Defense Department: Trump’s Muslim Ban is ‘Counter to National Security’

GOP frontrunner draws extraordinary rebuke from Department of Defense, State, Homeland Security, Congress, and Republican Party leaders.

Defense

Here's Why People Join ISIS

A marketing communications company gets the Pentagon’s attention by identifying nine reasons.

Defense

How Obama's Gun-Control Push Inverted the Politics of the No-Fly List

Democrats, once critics of Bush-era terror policies, have decided they’re a useful tool, while Republicans have rediscovered the importance of due process.

Nextgov

Pentagon Aims to Revamp Global Command and Control System

DOD is looking specifically at deploying data in cloud-and mobile-based environments.

Defense

Homeland Security to Announce New Terrorism Alert System

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says the president will soon announce a new terrorism threat alert system to address what he called intermediate-level threats to the United States.

Defense

Obama Speaks on San Bernardino: 'This Was an Act of Terrorism'

The president addressed the mass shooting in a televised speech from the Oval Office on Sunday.

Defense

FBI Says it is Investigating San Bernardino Shooting as Terrorism

Multiple news organizations are reporting that Tashfeen Malik pledged allegiance on Facebook to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Management

Replacing Military Personnel With Civilians in Support Jobs Could Save Government Billions

Analysis shows it costs the federal government more overall to have active-duty members rather than civilians in certain noncombat positions.

Defense

No Exceptions: Defense Chief Opens All Military Jobs to Women

In a historic decision, Ash Carter rebuffs Marine Corps, says the joint “force of the future” must integrate at every level and open its doors to America’s finest, male or female.

Defense

Obama Quietly Signs Guantanamo Freeze Into Law

The president gave the defense authorization bill his signature, but rejected what he called unconstitutional restrictions on his push to close the military prison in Cuba